Essential University Physics
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Author: Wolfson, Richard
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Chapter 2, Problem 54P
An object’s position as a function of time t is given by x = bt4, with b a constant. Find an expression for the instantaneous velocity, and show that the average velocity over the interval from t = 0 to any time t is one-fourth of the instantaneous velocity at t.
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